“Six buildings at Dublin City University have been renamed today, with three now named after Irish female scientists. The move is part of the DCU Women in Leadership initiative that was announced by the university last year …” (more)

“Over at the World Conference on Computers in Education people are tweeting about change, innovation and transformation. David Putnam is saying things like ‘Should we fail to radically change our approach to education, the same cohort we’re trying to “protect” could find that their entire future has been scuttled by our timidity’. Strong words indeed but fundamentally alarmist and not really based on any evidence …” (more)

“The Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton TD, together with the Minister of State for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD, today announced capital funding of €343,000 for St Angela’s College, Sligo. The funding will support the College in undertaking essential infrastructural improvements over the summer months …” (more)

“A group of experts selected by the European Commission to recommend what changes to make to the current European Union research programme Horizon 2020 when it ends in three years’ time, has called for a doubling of the budget and for it to pay more attention to the gap between science and innovation …” (more)

“Maynooth University has received more than 4,000 first preference applications from the CAO for the first time since it was founded in 1997. A total of 4,037 students applied to the university this year, a 9% increase on first preference applications from last year …” (more)

“We can quantify exactly how much faster Usain Bolt is than the next-fastest sprinter. It’s much harder to say who is the best scientist, let alone how much better they are than the next-best scientist. Deciding who deserves recognition is, at least in part, a judgement call. On my optimistic days, I can believe that, despite all the noise, there’s still a reliable signal …” (more)

UCD’s student to staff ratio hits 23:1(19 February) - "Figures released in the latest Higher Education Authority (HEA) report has highlighted a national trend that the ratio of students to staff in Irish...